Lagro Township is one of seven

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

in Wabash County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,894 and it contained 1,214 housing units.

History

The

Hominy Ridge Shelter House Hominy Ridge Shelter House is a historic park picnic shelter complex located in the Salamonie River State Forest, Lagro Township, Wabash County, Indiana. The shelterhouse was built in 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and is a rectangula ...

and Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery are listed on the

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Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.49%) is land and (or 2.51%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Lagro

Unincorporated towns

* Lincolnville at * Speicherville at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

* Chester Township (north) * Warren Township, Huntington County (northeast) * Dallas Township, Huntington County (east) * Polk Township, Huntington County (southeast) * Wayne Township, Huntington County (southeast) * Liberty Township (south) * Noble Township (west) * Paw Paw Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Center Grove, Foster, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Leedy, Renicker, Saint Patrick and Speicher.

Rivers

Salamonie River The Salamonie River is a tributary of the Wabash River, in eastern Indiana in the United States. The river is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 It is ...

Wabash River The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows from ...

Lakes

* Hominy Ridge Lake

School districts

* Metropolitan

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of Wabash County Schools

Political districts

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* State House District 22 * State Senate District 17

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

IndianaMap

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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